COLORADO
- Briefs: Colorado Teacher of the Year finalists, A+ Denver’s final report on arts in Denver schools. EdNews Colorado
- Mandarin Chinese becoming first choice as second language. Denver Post
- Do Colorado’s high school civics requirements affect the number of young people who vote? Westword
- Jeffco adopts NREL’s Solar on Schools program. Solar Server
- Dougco district creates unique educator evaluations. Our Colorado News
- Aurora to vote on tax questions for school districts. Denver Post’s Your Hub
- Girls encouraged to dream big at STEM conference. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Boulder to use new model to teach teachers about technology. Boulder Daily Camera
- Harvest celebrates Boulder school garden’s lessons on sustainability, health. Boulder Daily Camera
- Broomfield taking extra safety steps for walks to school. Broomfield Enterprise
- Pueblo students hope to shock state in robotics contest. Pueblo Chieftain
- Online charter seeks student improvement in proposed transfer to Falcon D-49. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Durango students work to create outdoor learning environment, part of expeditionary learning. Durango Herald
- Bayfield schools seek funds to cope with cuts. Durango Herald
- Politics or nonpartisanship on the ballot in CU regent races. Denver Post
- CU-Boulder tries to bridge cultural gaps for growing number of international students. Boulder Daily Camera
- CU-Boulder aims to double rate of alumni giving by 2016. Boulder Daily Camera
NATIONAL
- At Technology High School, goal isn’t to finish in four years. New York Times
- Debates push fate of education policies to fore. Education Week
- Los Angeles Times sues L.A. school district for teacher ratings. Los Angeles Times
- Boy Scouts apologize to victims as ‘perversion files’ released. Los Angeles Times
OPINION
- Voices: Should reform require walk-on-water principals? EdNews Colorado
- Blog: DPS pension in a nutshell: If it doesn’t hurt us now, let’s promote savings. Denver Business Journal
- Guest commentary: Scrap liberal arts? Think again. Denver Post
- Editorial: It’s all academic, vote yes on question 2B for schools. Aspen Times
- Column: Obama’s best-kept secrets include Race to the Top. New York Times
Rise & Shine
Each weekday morning, we search websites of various media, comb through RSS feeds and peruse Google alerts to bring you a roundup of the day’s top education headlines, in Colorado and across the country, by 8 a.m. If you’d like to suggest a story we’ve missed or a source we should add to the list, please email us at ednews@ednewscolorado.org.